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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1stFonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250. -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
Potter and Potter Auctions: Circus, Sideshow and Carnival, 1206, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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227 | Stonewall Brigade Band panoramic photograph. |
Staunton, Va. | (1928). | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 84.00 | |
228 | BARNUM, P.T. |
Hartford | 1879 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 | |
229 | Barnum & Bailey "Fairy Tales" Circus Wagon Photos and Drawing. |
Circa 1900s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 | ||
230 | [SIDESHOW GIANTS]. Group of 3 Booklets About Sideshow Giants, |
New York | 1870 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 450.00 | |
231 | [CIRCUS LETTERHEAD]. Group of Over 200 Sheets of Stationery from Various Circuses. |
[V.p. | ca.1890s-2000s]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 720.00 | |
232 | [AUTOGRAPHS]. Group of 18 Letters Signed by Circus People on Stationery. |
[V.p. | ca.1900s-1990s]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 | |
233 | [COLE BROS. CIRCUS].Group of Nearly 50 Souvenir Programs. |
[V.p. | ca.1930s-2000s]. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 210.00 | |
234 | Large Collection of Nearly 120 Items of Circus Ephemera and Original Snapshots. |
[V.p. | ca.1950s-80s]. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 210.00 | |
235 | Large Collection of Nearly 200 Items of Circus Ephemera and Photos. |
[V.p. | ca.1900s-40s]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 | |
236 | Large Collection of Nearly 100 Items of Circus Ephemera. |
[V.p. | ca.1980s-2000s]. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 | |
237 | Trio of Circus Ephemera. |
[Germany | ca.1900s-20s]. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 | |
238 | [CONEY ISLAND]. Antique Panoramic Photo of High Wire Walker at Coney Island. |
Circa 1900s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 180.00 | ||
239 | [NEW YORK HIPPODROME]. Large scrapbook related to the opening of the New York Hippodrome. |
[New York], | bulk 1905. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 180.00 | |
240 | RINGLING NORTH, John | RINGLING NORTH, John (1903 -- 1985). Typed letter signed. |
Columbus | 1947 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 72.00 |
241 | [RINGLING BROS.] Trio of items. Including: an Otto Ringling Boudoir card portrait. |
N.p. | ca.1900s-10s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 210.00 | |
242 | Scrapbook of European variety and circus artists' autographs and ephemera. |
Circa early 20th century. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 540.00 | ||
243 | DEMILLE, Cecil B. (1881 -- 1959). | Two TLSs to Pat Valdo. |
Hollywood | 1951; and 1952. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 510.00 |
244 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey binder of ephemera. |
Circa 1940s-70s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 | ||
245 | Three binders of American circus ephemera and photos. |
Circa 1950s-2000s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 | ||
246 | Three binders of mixed American circus ephemera and photos. |
Circa 1930s-2000s. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 240.00 | ||
247 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 1928 snapshot album. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 420.00 | |||
248 | Scrapbook of 19th century circus and theatrical ephemera. |
Mattoon, Ill. | ca.1890s. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 96.00 | |
249 | An Early 20th Century Circus Scrapbook. |
Early 20th Century | USD 80.00 - 150.00 | USD 108.00 | ||
250 | An Early 20th Century Circus Snapshot and Ephemera Scrapbook. |
Early 20th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 510.00 | ||
251 | Cabinet photo of Mighty Haag Circus wagon and performers. |
Claremont N.H., | early 20th century. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |